Pay Equity

Read the responses from the federal government to the recommendations issued by the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women on the 19th of May. The recommendations by the Committee address pay equity, parental benefits, gender based analysis, and Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Program.

To visit the website of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women, please click here.

In October of this year, the Supreme Court of Canada found in NAPE vs. Newfoundland and Labrador that it was acceptable for provincial governments to violate women's equality and human rights if they claim an impending fiscal crisis. Women in Newfoundland and Labrador, and indeed across the country, reject this dangerous precedent.

In October of this year, the Supreme Court of Canada found in NAPE vs. Newfoundland and Labrador that it was acceptable for provincial governments to violate women's equality and human rights if they claim an impending fiscal crisis.

On the 56 th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , women's groups from across Canada are urging Prime Minister Paul Martin to show respect for women's human rights in a very concrete way. They are asking the Prime Minister and the Government of Canada to join with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to pay back to women health care workers $80 million that is owed to them.